Just across a bustling Union Turnpike in bordering New Hyde Park under the town of North Hempstead, cannabis shops are not allowed.

There are dozens of legal weed dispensaries across New Jersey for medical marijuana patients and adult use customers.

Dozens of Bayside residents protested on Feb. 18 against the Canna Buddha cannabis dispensary opening a block from an elementary school.

New Hyde Park borders Queens. The two shops, once HerbH`ub opens, would bookend Langdale Street and sit feet from the ...